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Garden Island Bay

Producer in Plaquemines county in Louisiana, United States with commodities Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061188
MRDS ID TC34046
Record type Site
Current site name Garden Island Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.17228, 29.0961 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 MI S40E OF VENICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plaquemines(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mississippi River Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Breton Sound(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Mississippi-New Orleans(hydrologic unit)

Lower Mississippi-New Orleans(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Plaquemines

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 23S 32E; 33E Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Halite Tertiary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 255
USGS model code 35a.7 (35ag)
Deposit model name Salt-dome sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Louann
    Rock description Louann
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.17228, 29.0961
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 518.16M
    Depth to bottom 640.08M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Year of first production 1953

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freeport Sulfur Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Louisiana
    Home office Louisiana

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DECLINING SINCE 1974. NEARLY EXHAUSTED 1989.

Comments on the workings information

  • FRASCH PRODUCTION OF SULFUR

Comments on development

  • DOME AND SULFUR DISCOVERED 1928 BY SEISMIC REFRACTION AND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 30-31.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, P. 30-31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 1350 FT, DEPTH TO SALT 1730 FT. SALT VOLUME 6.3 CU MI TO 10,000 FT DEPTH. SULFUR FROM 1700 TO 2100 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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